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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 January 1913, Page 3

The public examination in bankruptcy of Arthur Ormsby, si yenoral business agent, was concluded before Mr Register Brougham, He said that in September, 1911, a gentleman from Bolivia told him he knew where treasure, believed to be worth £11,000,000, was buried ii Bolivia by Jesuits on their expulsion in 1767 from the Spanish dominion, He wanted to return to Bolivia in order to search for it. The debtor further said that approved cor " tain persons In reference to the project with a viow to the" formation of a party to go out to Bolivia, and the matter was then taken out of his hands. Asked how much he had expended on this scheme he said not so much as £100,